Receipts and receipts here: After reading this content, your perspective on the papers piling up in your pockets may change!

BPA, which is mainly found in various paper products such as receipts and receipts, but also in most things we touch in our daily lives. It is a chemical with a very long history. Unfortunately, even touching it, let alone inhaling or swallowing it, is quite alarming.

So what exactly is BPA and what is it? How does it affect our health?

Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been used since the 1960s to produce strong and durable plastics.

This kind of chemical plastic; found in beverage containers, canned foods, toiletries, tableware, safety equipment, auto parts, toys and various plugs. Under these plugs flight and movie tickets, prescription labels, lottery tickets, groceries and ATMs has.

Additionally, BPA is used as a heat-sensitive ink developer in many receipts that use thermal paper. Heat causes a reaction between dye and BPA This creates the black prints we see on receipts.

The reason why BPA has become a problem is that this chemical can escape from food and beverage packaging and mix with consumed food.

It is generally not possible to find the phrase BPA on the labels, and it is not possible to detect the contents of these containers without performing several tests. Whether it is BPA or not cannot be determined. So it is almost impossible to avoid this plastic.

Most of the BPA that enters our body through contact is metabolized by the liver is removed from the body through urine. Most studies show that this chemical breaks down quickly, usually within a few hours.

But the amount of BPA exposure is so high that research shows that most people over the age of six encounter measurable amounts of BPA in their urine. Furthermore, if BPA remains in the body more than it should endocrine disruptor begins to serve as.

In addition to causing breast and ovarian cancer immunity, thyroid, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and various metabolic problems can send an invitation. Again, this chemical can bind to estrogen receptors. In such a situation, several body processes such as cell repair, fetal development, energy levels and reproduction are directly affected.

So much so that the damage caused by BPA has even been proven in animals.

One study shows that mice that consumed drinking water exposed to BPA had lower testosterone levels and lower sperm quality compared to mice that drank BPA-free water. The egg count and fertility of female mice exposed to BPA tend to decrease in the same way.

Although it is not possible to completely eliminate our contact with the chemical BPA, there are some points we can pay attention to.

Choosing fresh foods instead of canned foods, drinking water from glass bottles instead of plastic ones, choosing toys with a BPA-free warning, and do not use plastic containers in the microwave as more chemicals can be released when heated It’s one of the things we can do to protect ourselves from BPA.

Also to check the store amount or in case of a possible refund. Staying away from receiving and receipt papers, It is especially important to avoid contact with them. In addition to this hoarding, it would undoubtedly be much smarter to use mobile phones, on which we can consult and confirm all the information at our fingertips.

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